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Wheel of Fortune - Featured Contestant Blog Archive

FATE: The development of events beyond a person’s control. My Wheel of Fortune journey had many twists and turns of fate. It truly began back when I was a little girl. I loved to spell, I loved words. I remember driving in my parents’ station wagon and passing billboard signs, then trying to spell each and every word I’d just seen. It was great practice for spelling. I competed in spelling bees and loved it when my teachers would...

Being a contestant on Wheel of Fortune is a once in a lifetime, amazingly unique experience. With that being said, here are a few words of wisdom from one contestant to another.

First off, prepare diligently. You do not want to show up the day of your show and afterwards say to yourself, "Geez, I wasn't as prepared as some of the other contestants." And trust me when I say that at your taping will be the "creme de la creme" of wheel watchers. So...

There are no words that could ever fully capture the extraordinary experience of being a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawai`i. It was AMAZING!!! Everyone who watches Wheel of Fortune already knows how fun it is to solve the puzzles at home and to watch Pat and Vanna as they interact with each other and the contestants. So many of us have dreamt of being on the show for decades, since the day of the contestants’...

Being contestants on Wheel of Fortune was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience that my husband and I will cherish for the rest of our lives! Born and raised in a small town in Hawaii, we never could have dreamt of getting the chance to meet Pat and Vanna. As avid Wheel of Fortune watchers, Jashar and I knew that every couple of years Wheel of Fortune makes its way down to Hawaii to film. We always said that the next time they came, we would make it a...

I decided to apply to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune because I have watched WOF ever since the Dalmatian days, been a long time fan as a child, love game shows and am good at solving puzzles.

Auditions were held in my hometown, Brooklyn NY. Of course, I first had to submit an audition video explaining within one minute why would I be a good contestant. After I was notified that I made it through the first step of the process, I went to the audition...

I feel like every Wheel of Fortune fan is one because they watched it as a kid with their grandparents. I'm no different. I had a set of grandparents that lived just a mile away, so I was over there constantly. Any night that I'd be there, we'd watch Wheel at 6:30 sharp. Except for Sundays, when I sat down on the floor in front of their chairs fully expecting to hear the crowd scream “WHEEL. OF. FORRRRRTUNE!” right at 6:30, and instead getting treated to some guy saying,...

My earliest television memory is watching "Wheel of Fortune." I'm secure enough to exclude the clause, "with my grandparents," and admit I made them watch with me. Being a contestant on the show has always been my No. #1 most unlikely goal, but I never had the confidence to audition. I’m just a normal guy and don’t have footage of myself doing back-flips or wrestling alligators over a bed of hot coals. I believed this would put me at a competitive casting...

I love to think back on watching Wheel with my grandmother, Nanny, when I was young. She and my Granddaddy Bill had a huge garden, and we'd often spend summer evenings shelling butter beans, snap peas and shucking corn, while Watching Wheel of Fortune on the little TV in the kitchen. Nanny would get so excited seeing the contestants spin the wheel and would be so thrilled for them when they'd win. That was just her personality. Growing up, she'd always cheered...

“I was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune”. It has been an amazing journey to be able to say that line. I have watched the Wheel since I can remember. My family would spend the episode shouting out answers to be the first to get it right, critiquing the contestant’s strategies, and even commenting on the way they clapped (ironically, I was terrible at clapping during rehearsals and had to keep my mind on it the whole show). More than anything, we all played along and talked...

I have wanted to be a contestant on Wheel for a long time. Watching the show is a family event that happens every night. We use the show as an incentive for our kids to get their homework and chores done! We actually DVR the show so it is the last thing we do as a family before we put the kids to bed.

My journey from fan to contestant began at a Wheelmobile event at Grand Casino in Minnesota. I went with my good friend Jerad and my Grandparents. We made a...